Statement of support to the students of the University of Missouri

The National Education Association’s Advisory Committee of Student Members released the following statement regarding recent events at the University of Missouri:

“As leaders of the National Education Association Student Program, which represents more than 50,000 future educators, we stand in solidarity with the students at the University of Missouri.

“We commend them for their courage in speaking out against ignorance and institutional racism. We are moved by the sacrifices of individual students for the good of the greater community. It is our great hope that the actions taken by the University of Missouri students will empower students on other campuses to peacefully create change in the face of injustice.

“We will continue to fight institutional racism and advocate for positive change for students who are marginalized within our educational systems. Institutions of higher education should be safe havens of intellectual and personal growth for all students. They must be bastions of equal opportunity in our society.”

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The NEA Student Program represents over 55,000 future educators at more than 1,100 college and university campuses in all 50 states. Learn more at www.neastudents.org.

The National Education Association is the nation’s largest professional employee organization, representing nearly 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers. Learn more at www.nea.org.

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